PLOVER (1857, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PLOVER
Year of Build:
1857
Official Number:
19680
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milan, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Merry & Gay
Original Owner and Location:
R.K. Winslow, Cleveland, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
390 4/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Whitefish Point, MI.
Lake Superior.
Date:
12 Oct 1871
How:
Stranded.
Final Cargo:
Grain.
Notes:
Bound Duluth, MN for Buffalo, NY.
History
Chronology:

1862, May 30 Collided with propeller ELMIRA, Point au Pelee, passage, Lake Erie; repaired.

1868 Owned Cleveland parties, OH; 282.67 gross tons.

1871 Repaired.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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